This is a preview for my new story: Ghosts Can't Feel Electricity. Enjoy!
Ghost Can't feel Electricity
Static Shock made his way home. Ahhh the joy of living Dakota, where bang-babies ran amok and him and Gear were the ones always supposed to be there to stop them.
Static was starting to wish for a way out of Dakota, just for a little while, away from the excitement. Too bad nothing like that was going to happen. Or not…
"Hey Virgil!" Richie Foley called out, waving towards his best bud coming down the street.
"Hey Rich! What's with all the panting, you look like you ran a marathon bro!" He said, knocking fists with Richie.
Richie smiled. "Guess what? I just won two tickets to a vacation spot! And you can come with me!" He said, waving them in Virgil's face. Virgil snatched them and looked at them more closely.
"Amity Park? Where's that?" He said, scratching his head. Then realization dawned on him.
"Rich? Is Amity Park where I think it is? Does you-know-who live there?" Virgil said, grabbing Richie and shaking him.
Richie grinned and nodded, and the two guys high-fived.
"Dude, we're going to see Danny Phantom!" Richie said, waving the tickets in a victory dance. Virgil broke into a grin too. Danny Phantom had hit the hero business a year before him, beating down the bad guys one by one.
Virgil was always knew Danny Phantom was the good guy, something just told him, and it was going to be so cool if Static could meet him! Wait a minute…
Virgil groaned. "Richie, who's going to watch out for Dakota while Static and Gear are gone?" He said, sighing.
"Don't worry dude, I took care of it. She-Bang has assured me time and time again she can handle the city while we're gone." Richie said, still grinning.
Virgil smiled back, and said "Great now all I have to do is convince my pops!"
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"But Pops!" Virgil said, flopping down on the couch, "Static could meet Danny Phantom! Get a few pointers from him you know?" He said pleadingly.
"I don't know Virgil. These are ghosts we're talking about, not bang-babies. I'm not sure this ghost kid is even a real hero." Virgil's dad said, rubbing his temples.
"I know he is Pops! I've just got this feeling! Besides, I think Static needs a little vacation! It's summer and I've barely gotten to relax!" Virgil said, throwing his hands up.
And it was true. Between his search for a job and the superhero job, Virgil hadn't gotten much time to himself. And he was getting sick of it.
Virgil's dad sighed, and sunk into his armchair. Finally he broke into a smile.
"Oh alright, but be careful." He said. Virgil jumped up and hugged his dad.
"Thanks Pops!" He said, and then zoomed upstairs to get his stuff packed. Unfortunately Sharon was coming downstairs, and…well… "OOMPH!" Sharon said as she was pushed to the side of the railing.
"Sorry bye!" Virgil said, not stopping until he was inside his room.
"What's his problem?" Sharon said, looking down at her father. He simply shrugged and reached for the newspaper. Sharon sighed. She never got answers concerning her brother from her dad anymore.
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Danny Fenton smacked his hand down on the arcade button. There was a beeping sound as the screen went bank.
"Yes! I Win!" Danny said, doing a victory dance.
"Ahh man!" Tucker said, slouching as Danny rubbed his victory in his face.
"I don't see the point in this." Sam said from her corner of watching the boys play. Danny smiled.
"Ahh c'mon Sam, we're boys it's what we do. Besides you whoop both of us, all the time, so we're entitled to our fun." Danny said, pulling up a crying Tucker.
"Yeah Sam, lighten up." Tucker said, suddenly non-crying. Sam rolled her eyes.
"You guys have been at it all day, how about we go on patrol?" Sam said crossing her arms. "You aren't going to give us a choice, are you?" Tucker said. "Yep!" Sam said, and grabbed the two of them by their shirt collars, and dragging them outside.
"Fine." Danny said, twisting out of her strong grip. "Sam you and Tucker get the scooters and we'll check from here down to the Nasty Burger.". Sam crossed her arms.
"Are we just going there to eat?" She said skeptically. "Yep." Said Danny and Tucker, and with that, Danny ran into an alley.
A light flashed from the alley as Sam and Tucker grabbed their scooters and zoomed off.
They started scoping the area as they put the Fenton Fones into their ears.
"Danny do you copy?" Sam said, tapping her fones. "Loud and clear." Came Danny Phantom's voice, echoing. Sam smiled, and kept looking out.
"There's nothing here dude." Came Tucker's voice from the other side of the street.
"Yeah, nothing here either." Sam said into the fone. They kept patrolling until they came to the Nasty Burger.
"Well, all that patrolling has made me hungry. Let's eat!" Tucker said, jumping out of his scooter. "Fine." Sam said resignedly. And jumped off her scooter too.
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"I'll have a salad, please." Sam said, handing the cashier the money and then taking the food to their table. Tucker was already stuffing his face, making bits of meat fly onto Danny's non-focusing face.
"You ok Danny?" Sam said, touching him lightly. Danny jumped.
"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm fine. I'm just a little worried. Nothing's been happening today, I mean, not a single ghost! I know I should be happy about this, but I'm kind of worried." Danny said sighing.
"Lighten up man." Tucker said, slapping Danny on the back. "It's probably nothing."
"I guess you're right." Danny said, and then finally realizing the meat on his face, took a napkin and wiped the stuff off.
"Hey, I've been working on a new trick. Want to see it?" Danny said to Sam. "Sure." Sam said, and watched as Tucker ate.
As soon as a little piece of meat flew out of his mouth, Danny made a little green shield, and with a flick, the meat bounced right back onto Tucker.
"Hey!" Tucker whined, momentarily pausing from his meat bonanza and grabbing a napkin.
Sam and Danny just laughed.
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About 20 minutes later, the 3 of them were walking down the street, when they saw two teenage looking boys. They looked about their age, but they hadn't seen them before.
"Hi, are you new here?" Danny said to them. "Yeah. We won tickets to come here. My name's Virgil and this is Richie." The brown haired and dark skinned guy said.
"Wasup?" The blonde guy said." "Welcome to Amity Park. It's kind of weird that they would be selling tickets to come here. Usually people are buying tickets to leave here, what with all the ghosts and such. My name is Danny and this is Sam and Tucker." Danny said, shaking hands with Virgil.
"I think they're selling tickets because all the tourists come here to see if they're really ghosts. And to see Danny Phantom most probably. That's kinda what we came here to do. See Danny Phantom." Virgil said, shrugging.
"Well, I don't think Danny Phantom comes out unless it's a ghost attack or something to that extent. But you're free to come look for him! Oh and words of advice, don't go to Fenton Works!" Danny whispered.
"Anyway, I have to get going, bye!" Danny said, walking away with Sam and Tucker.
"Bye, see you around some time!" Virgil said, and he and Richie walked away too.
"Nice guy." Virgil said to Richie, who nodded. They were rounding the police station when they heard a "Sector 42, I repeat Sector 42, a robbery taking place! A robbery taking place! Proceed with caution." Coming from one of the police men.
The two exchanged looks. "Why don't I go handle this? You take a break Richie." Virgil said, and Richie nodded, he walked away, back in the direction of the hotel they were staying at, and Virgil ran into an alley.
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Later, Static Shock was high in the skies, where no one could see him. He flew fast towards the warehouse where the crime was taking place. Apparently the cops hadn't gotten there yet.
He quickly ducked behind one of the boxes, watching the three burly man lift crates into a sack.
"I think it's time to tell Amity Park that Static has arrived." Static whispered to himself, and flicked his finger, making a small spark.